D-Day in Britain

By Stephen M. Silverman Tuesday, Sept. 01, 1998
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With thousands of flowers, heartfelt notes and hymns in London's great cathedrals, Britons marked the first anniversary of Princess Diana's death Monday. Her somber young sons and the royal family prayed together, away from public eyes. Wearing black ties as a symbol of their mourning, Prince William, 16, and Prince Harry, 13, entered the tiny stone church near Balmoral Castle in Scotland flanked by their father, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II and other royal relatives. William, the lanky physical embodiment of his mother, hung his head and was mostly shielded from the cameras. Harry showed no expression.

Flags were flown at half-staff at Buckingham Palace in London and on public buildings across the land. In Paris, near the mouth of the traffic tunnel where Diana died in a car crash, crowds gathered to pay their respects.